Ecology Review

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What happens to the deer population if all wolves are removed from the environment?

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The deer population would increase and begin to compete for food.

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What is the study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment?

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Ecology

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What do we call an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms?

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Consumer

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What makes a species invasive?

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Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives.

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What are living things made up of?

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Cells.

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What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers create energy through photosynthesis, forming the base of the food chain.

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Define a decomposer.

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.